Barristers (in my ongoing TV catch up!)

[green_amber]

Mostly for major_clanger..

Most barristers are teetotal?! Jesus, on what planet??!! maybe family specialists conceivably.. She should meet my friend Geeklawyer :-)

Anna is really annoying me. Yes she's v photogenic and the camera loves her but as i thought in ep 1, i suspect she really simply isn't bright enough for the Bar. Articulate, confident, engaging, yes, but her actual analytical and argumentation skills are ropey. And if you failed an exam once on your notes, I'd usually suggest further research rather than rewriting and summarising the same notes over and over again.. not too intelligent (tho I note she does pass!) And taking the furniture job for quick cash is just, well, stupid (as her mentor told her).

What I'd like is the gender ratio of those 1 in 5 who get a pupillage. Are they as overly female dominatd as this prog would seem to suggest (which wouldn't surprise me given the general better results and study skills of women law graduates) or are they just following more women because they're prettier/ make better TV?

Also is that 1 in 5 fig country wide or just for those looking at the trad London Inns??

Comments

[anef.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was a little surprised by the teetotal comment. Especially as it was followed by a right royal piss-up (sorry, formal dinner) at the Middle Temple. Did you notice there was lobster soup for the nobs, sweet potato soup for the plebs? How very high table! I'm sure they don't do this at Newnham.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

They did when they made`them do High table on The Restaurant..

[anef.livejournal.com]

Ah, but that was one of the older colleges - not I think a women's college which *should* be more egalitarian.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

There was speculation in my study group that the 'teetotal' barrister might have been pulling the interviewer's leg a bit :-)

Hard to say what the pupillage sex ratio is, but my BVC is about 60% female. Having said that, my study group of 11 comprises 5 men (2 with pupillages) and 6 women (none with pupillages), although that's rather a small sample.

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

Pulling legs, she'd had it off and was waving it round the room!

I'm sure they pick people to counter stereotypes, hence women ethic minorities and northerners. Anna has a most unexpected plummy accent too.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

Public school I expect. not v surprising..

Not teetotal!

[(Anonymous)]

How dare you! I don't drink at all on Tuesdays, and rarely before going into court, fairly.